Following my morning visit and photo session with my son, it was a rush to get to the
office for a day full of internal meetings and conference calls. My calendar is
full of such calls and meetings for the next week and a half due to the usual end
of the year chaos and also the additional logistics required by account transitions. While I usually head into these meetings a little sluggish, the
morning memories carried through and brought a different light to my day.
However,
I had to make a quick stop along the way to pick up a “holiday treat” for the office
so off to Wegmans for a box of donuts. With the detour behind me I got back on
the road and made it to work just in time for my first meeting. Of course, now
I had another errand that needed to get done but with little time to do it… I
still had to pick up a “Secret Santa” gift which I needed to have in hand by
the end of the day.
A
few meetings into the day and I now found myself in the middle of the afternoon
without a gift in hand and still a few other errands that needed to be taken
care of since I was not going to get back to the apartment until late that
evening. And then I thought of a gift that was both thoughtful and something
that I could take care of in a few minutes. So I made the long trek to the
internet and found exactly what I was looking for… a digital gift card to
BedandBreakfast.com.
One
item off the list and a couple more to go so I did something that I really hate
to do during the week… I stepped out of the office. I was only going a few
blocks away to the bank and Home Depot but it is still not something I enjoy as
there are a bunch of other things that need to be taken care of at my desk. Thirty
minutes later with a new debit card and a back seat full of packing boxes, I
got back to the office with enough time to knock out a few items before my next
marathon meeting.
By the
time that we all walked out of the conference room nearly everything was
checked off my list for the day with a few things added for Monday morning (I
had to take Friday off). It seemed as though we were all relatively in sync as
late in the afternoon, we all gathered around a table and signed our names to
the holiday cards that would be going out the following week. 400 scribble signatures
later and it was nearly time to head to dinner.
We
all met down the road at Bar Louie for a company dinner and party. With drinks
in hand and appetizers on the way, we all took turns revealing the name we
pulled from the box and exchanging gifts. As it turns out the person whom I had
gotten a gift also pulled my name and we both purchased perfect gifts for one
another. She was excited to have an excuse to get away and I was happy to have
a Phillies outfit for my son!
Everyone
was happy with what they received and we all had a good time chatting and
relaxing around the dinner table not thinking or talking about work. It was a
great night that seemed to fly by and a good way to bookend a day that began
with me being able to see my son again. However, this was just the beginning of
a long night and a tiring weekend…
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